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Two steps forward for U.K. advanced nuclear
This week, two significant announcements have emerged from the United Kingdom’s advanced reactor sector.
On June 14, Rolls-Royce, the United Kingdom National Nuclear Laboratory, and the Japan Atomic Energy Agency announced that they had signed two trilateral memorandums of cooperation to collaborate on “advanced modular reactor (AMR) technology, specifically high-temperature gas-cooled reactors (HTGR), and the coated particle fuel these reactors will use.”
Separately, on June 16, Bellevue, Wash.–based TerraPower announced that its Natrium reactor design has been formally submitted for U.K. regulatory review. The company also announced the formation of a new subsidiary, TerraPower UK Ltd.
Min Wook Na, Doyoung Shin, Sung Joong Kim (Hanyang Univ), Gwang Hyeok Seo (KINS), Jeong Ik Lee (KAIST)
Proceedings | Advances in Thermal Hydraulics 2018 | Orlando, FL, November 11-15, 2018 | Pages 871-877
Recently, development on the new concept of advanced small modular reactor, so-called Autonomous Transportable On-demand reactor Module (ATOM) was started in Korea. Major design objectives of the ATOM are adopting Dry Air Cooling System (DACS) and developing passive safety systems. Among several passive safety systems, the Passive Residual Heat Removal System (PRHRS) is crucial since it prevents a core to be damaged by decay heat. Generally, it is known that a currently considered PRHRS has a limitation of cooling capability after all of the stored water is vaporized. In this study, the PRHRS coupled with the DACS (PRHRS+DACS) is suggested to overcome the limitation. The objectives of this study are to assess cooling capability of PRHRS+DACS and to investigate the effects of the design parameters using the MARS code. The simulation results show that the time for PRHRS to maintain its cooling capability is extended by applying the DACS. Furthermore, the effects of the environment temperature and heat transfer area ratio on the cooling capability of the DACS was confirmed.